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YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ (New Jersey) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $971,678 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($276,421). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $972k
- Net assets
- $19M
What Young Mens Christian Association of Trenton Nj does
Mission
The capital area ymca provides quality programs and services designed to promote youth development, healthy living and social responsibility tailored especially to children and senior citizens throughout our coverage area of trenton, ewing and lawrence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development:our ymca is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen. We believe that all youth deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. Because of this belief we help young people cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health and educational achievement. Our ymca programs, such as preschool, day camp, youth sports and after-school offer a range of experiences that enrich cognitive, social, physical and emotional growth. Expenses include subsidies and direct financial assistance that make participation possible for 80% of the young people we engage. As an organization we prioritize exposing young people to non-traditional opportunities that will give them experiences for a lifetime of access and growth.healthy living:the y that serves trenton, ewing and lawrence is a leading voice on health and well-being throughout the region. As an organization we connect families and communities while encouraging good health, and fostering connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result of the y's work, thousands of people, youth and seniors, are receiving the…
$3,301,122 spent$743,813 earned by the program75% of program spendingThe food access program recognizing that many of the school aged children in trenton community live in poverty, the capital area ymca is the largest sponsors of breakfast, lunch, snacks, summer & dinner meals for youth in the city of trenton to meet the need of the children. The food access program sponsors 26 programs annually and served over 100,000 meals to children throughout the community.
$1,073,302 spent25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,374,424.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $13M to $16M (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 53% · 2018 52% · 2019 49% · 2020 65% · 2021 81% · 2022 72% · 2023 75% · 2024 65% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Louise Mccants
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $281k → $55k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 25 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 69% · 2019 96% · 2020 44% · 2021 45% · 2022 83% · 2023 46% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
54% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $212k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ?
- YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ (New Jersey) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $971,678 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($276,421). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $971,678 in grants to YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ?
- National Council of YMCAs of the USA is the largest funder on record, with $276,421 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRENTON NJ find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing